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 Tue 28 Nov 2006, 18:35
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Quick question.. what about using a USB 2 drive eg. the Lacie Porsche designed units?
The problem is if I use a F/W drive to store all my sounds.. Kompakt, Latigo etc.. then it interferes with my MAudio FW410 F/W interface - MAudio recommend not sharing the F/W buss with this interface. I would have thought that USB2 should be OK as it's the same buss speed as F/W 400 ?? |
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Wed 29 Nov 2006, 02:25
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USB 2 is on paper faster than FW400 (480 mbs vs 400) unfortunately, FW is way better at handling streams which is our duty
 Now, if you have issues with your interface, it's to be considered, I'm not saying USB2 is not usable, just: FW is better. what's your laptop? If it's a powerbook/macbook pro, you can have a pcmcia or express card to add FW buses and get a life in bliss and milk and honey… 
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Tue 5 Dec 2006, 00:05
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regarding my HD, it is an internal unit in an enclosure. it has its own psu but this is a bit inconvenient. how easy would it be to sort it so that its bus powered from the firewire?
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 Tue 5 Dec 2006, 04:17
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Only built according to this need enclosures are bus powered, and it's most likely to be found in 2.5" nomad drives.
One example Another a third one (…to be continued oops 2 are 3.5" Note, before buying any of these, I'd wait for some user input (I've never used bus powered drives, so I can't tell is these are reliable and effective) 
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Wed 7 Feb 2007, 00:23
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ive hit problems with the new harddrive, GB keeps telling me I have to many tracks but i am only using 2 soft synths, iDrum, and 3 audio tracks. I have had the disk to slow msg aswell. Would logic express have the same issues?
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